Process Automation Engineer India

Leaf is the business unit of Lesaffre specialized in developing advanced fermentation solutions and services for industrial ethanol and bio-based chemicals producers.

Drawing upon Lesaffre’s centuries of expertise and global presence, our team of experts committed to sustainability, customers’ satisfaction and innovation is available to answer your demands with an expert support tailored to local markets and trends.

Leaf vision is to become “Your industrial fermentation partner for a sustainable tomorrow”.

Purpose of the job:

In liaison with the Regional Manager APAC, the Process Automation Engineer will be responsible for implementing, and providing support to use automation systems to enhance the efficiency, safety, and reliability of the bioethanol production processes.

This is a new role created within Leaf APAC team to contribute to the development & deployment of a new fermentation of excellence digital tool in India This role requires a background in process control and, instrumentation.

Expertise in engineering programming, along with experience in bioethanol production processes or industrial fermentation processes is considered a plus.

1. Automation duties

• Process automation Assessment: Assess each bioethanol plant automation infrastructure, instrumentation availability & personnel training, using well established tools & documentation.
• Basic Knowledge of OPC communication (OPC-DA & OPC-UA)
• Support to implantation on site of the solution with IT/AT considerations. Utilization of the Data Logger/Data Historian. Ensure good understanding of PLC & DCS systems to do basic configuration.
• Develop innovative & efficient solutions to digitalize, connect & extract fermentation lab data to the data base for analysis.
• Work together with Regional Manager, Technical Service Representative & Industrial Fermentation manager to design optimum dashboard for efficient visualization & actions.
• Instrumentation Selection and Integration: Select appropriate instrumentation and sensors for monitoring key process variables and integrate them into the automation system for accurate process control and optimization.